by the El Reportero’s news services
Grupo ManáWith nearly 35 million in worldwide sales, the Mexican band Mana is currently in Miami working on what they say will be a “positive, upbeat” album.
It will be “danceable” and have “all the enthusiasm of rock and roll,” the band’s vocalist, Fernando “Fher” Olvera, told Efe.
At the same time, the frontman added, the new disc will include the kind of “melancholy” ballads they’re known for.
“Mana always throws all the meat on the grill, always. You know we’re not a band that brings out one disc a year. We’re a little slow, but we like it that way,” Fher said.
The band’s last album with new material was 2011’s “Drama y Luz.”
Bassist Juan Calleros and guitarist Sergio Vallin believe that all the energy they stored up during those months of rest and relaxation following their 2012 tour has them raring to go on the road again.
“We’re really excited to have a new tour coming up. We miss playing,” Vallin said.
With regard to the upcoming launch of a documentary series about Mana and the process of recording the new disc, drummer Alex González said the project will provide a peek at their spontaneous conversations and reveal “the good times and bad times” the band goes through.
“There are a lot of stories we never told the media,” González said, and invited fans to take part in a contest to win a day at the recording studio.
Thalia presents fourth book: Chupie The Binky that Returned Home
Popular Mexican singer and actress Thalia presented her fourth book, Chupie: The Binky that Returned Home, which arose from her experience as a mother and from the cunning tales that all parents create to teach their children important lessons.
The illustrated book tells a sweet story about a very common experience for parents: dealing with the moment when their tots should stop using a pacifier.
“I wrote this story because I needed to. When my daughter Sabrina was 2 years old, the pediatrician told me it was time she quit using a pacifier because that could make her teeth crooked and even cause infections in her ears,” Apellidothe popular singer said in an interview with Efe.
Thalia, who had already published two books dedicated to beauty and pregnancy as well as her autobiography Growing Stronger, said that when she realized it was impossible to convince her daughter to drop the pacifier, she got this brilliant idea.
“I had tried everything, but she kept wanting her pacifier. So that one night, about 2:00 in the morning, I heard her crying in her room because she couldn’t find it and I told her, ‘Pacifier misses its mom because they’re separated. Imagine if you and I were separated, and we couldn’t hug or give each other little kisses?’ and right then she told me ‘Mom! Take Pacifier to its mother!’ So I sent it to Binkyland, which is the home of the pacifiers,” the artist said.
These days, the composer of A Quien Le Importa and Amor a la Mexicana said, she is happy about the way her musical career is taking wing and even now she is working on several important recording projects.
